He was a member of Miles Davis' classic quintet in the 60s & he has over 2500 recordings to his credit with many of the giants of jazz. He has received many awards including the Grammy & is considered by most to be the most outstanding bassist of this decade.

In our interview Ron talks about the importance of jazz education. Just listening to the great Ron Carter is an education in & of itself.

He returns to St. Louis, Mo. after many years with his Golden Striker Trio for the 8th Annual Greater St Louis Jazz Festival at The University of Missouri-St. Louis.

SEAN Sullivan is wonderful singer-guitarist who is based in New York. He is diversified in so many ways as he explains in our interview from his personal background to the styles he mixes with jazz, blues, bossa & his own compositions along with his one of a kind interpretation of the Great American Songbook.

How refreshing it is to find a young male singer to keep our music alive & fresh who has his own fabulous sound rather than trying to sound like somebody else.

Listen to our interview & his debut recording SQUARE ONE & you will hear this musician-singer put his whole heart & soul in everything he does.

A special treat is hearing the great musicians behind Sean especially the Late David "Fathead" Newman.

I have enjoyed her music for several years but seeing her in person on the recent Jazzdagen Arbors Jazz Alive Cruise gave me an even greater appreciation of her multi-talented abilities. This lady can swing with the best of them.

Listen to my interview with her & you will agree that the future of jazz is in good hands.

Our next to last never before released video clip of R&R at The Mid-America Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Mo. in 1988 has Milt Hinton & Gus Johnson joining in the fun doing DINAH. I recorded most every festival although the quality improved with age. I recommend the Arbors Records DVD of R&R Together which does not have this clip along with the 2 others seen here before & 1more which will be released soon here before anywhere else.

We look forward this week to our interview with Mike Silverman to talk about the CLASSIC JAZZ QUARTET new CD release & their upcoming performance at the Focal Point in Maplewood, Mo. on friday Oct. 29, 2010.